PROC TABULATE by Example, Second Edition

Customize the Appearance of Selected Parts of the Output with Style Overrides

Overview

The previous example showed what happens when you use the STYLE= option to change the default ODS settings for PROC TABULATE output. But the power of ODS is that you are not limited to these settings. You can specify exactly how you want each part of your table to look. You can use the STYLE= option in specific PROC TABULATE statements to make specific changes to parts of the PROC TABULATE output. This is called style overrides, because the STYLE= option in PROC TABULATE statements overrides the default style. While a detailed explanation of each of these style overrides is beyond the scope of this book, you should be able to get a basic idea of how the settings ...